Community Action Proposes Downtown Beautification Projects

Community Action proposes downtown beautification projects

BRAINERD — Brainerd Community Action has plans to beautify the downtown area and recognize local veterans and service members while doing so. Dave Badeaux, executive director of Community Action and mayor of Brainerd, presented two beautification ideas to the City Council on Monday, May 19. The first is a Hometown Heroes project that would see personalized banners with names and photos of veterans and active duty service members hanging from lig…

Council Places Proposed Downtown Playground on Hold, Adopts Rent Algorithm Ordinance

Mayor Steve Fulop’s recreational priority is now on hold after the City Council continued Wednesday night on calls to first address other related issues.   Meanwhile, the council adopted an ordinance intended to prohibit landlords from using algorithms to collude and raise rents, and residents of the West Side brought attention to ongoing nuisance behavior […] The post Council Places Proposed Downtown Playground on Hold, Adopts Rent Algorithm Or…